question about branches

[Tige D. Chastain]

I have a current version of code that is stable.  I have a developer
that wants to go off in a different direction on a few ideas and see how
it comes out.  Management has okayed this.  Can I just create a branch
in CVS to handle this?  I only ask, as the documentation I have read
indicates that branches are usually for backporting bug fixes and
eventually merge into the trunch.  This will be the case, should the
ideas prove to be true, but possibly not if they don't work out.  Just
wanted to see if I could get some advice from the CVS gods.

Thanks,

Tige D. Chastain
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